Vice Meets Žižek in Ljubljana

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July 13, 2018

If you live in Ljubljana there are a few pop culture icons you might see as you walk around downtown, such as Dejan Knez, one of the founders of Laibach, Ulay, the performance artist and former partner of Marina Abramović, that guy in the hunting jacket, and Slavoj Žižek, the philosopher.

It’s this last we look at in the video posted above, which is of interest in and of itself – since it covers the wonderful The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology – but even more so for those who know the capital well, starting as it does with the journalist waiting outside the Hotel Park for the man himself to arrive, and then going to Žižek's home. In addition to all the loftier questions it raises, the curious viewer wonders where is the apartment, and what steak restaurant does he recommend?